Numbers 11 -- Praying For OUR Will To Be Done Is Deadly

Just three days after they set out from Mount Sinai, the complaining started.  Moses actually had to intercede with God for them!  The mixed multitude contained people of various races who were not Jewish, but who’d accompanied the Jews out of Egypt, my commentary said.  Their faith wasn’t strong, and they therefore complained and this led to the Israelites complaining as well.  They complained about the manna and wanted meat.  “They were experiencing a miracle six mornings a week, yet they wanted more… An unthankful heart makes it easier for people to commit all kinds of sins.”

The people’s complaining actually caused Moses to sin!  He lamented his calling and called it a heavy burden, even asking for death!

“Two problems stemmed from the time Israel spent in Egypt where they developed appetites for the diet of their masters.  The Jews forgot slavery and remembered only the free food.”

God called 70 spiritual leaders out from the people and gave them the Holy Spirit, evidenced by their prophesying, then He fixed the second problem – where to get a month’s supply of meat for everyone.  He sent a wind that carried quail – enough to pile up 3 feet deep a day’s walk from camp!  But He also sent with them a plague that killed many.  “When God really wants to judge His people, He lets them have their own way.”

Moses named the place “the graves of lust,” “a monument to the danger of praying, ‘Not Thy will but my will be done,’” my commentary said.

Father, help me not to presume on Your goodness.  Allow me to be satisfied with wherever You place me.  Help me to come to You when I feel down and to never pray for my will to be done instead of Yours.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford